Not for discussion - news only: Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion - June 24, 2022 - huge public health implications

[Mary Wilson]

Abortion ban: one more obstacle faced by US servicewomen

Issued on: 27/06/2022 - 03:44
Modified: 27/06/2022 - 03:42

Washington (AFP) – Abortion bans enacted across America will be especially painful for women in the US military, one more hurdle they have to face in a man's world where sexual assault and unwanted pregnancies occur more often than in the rest of society.

After Friday's tectonic decision by the US Supreme Court overturning constitutional protections for abortion rights, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed to review Pentagon policies to "ensure we continue to provide seamless access to reproductive health care as permitted by federal law."

However, Austin stopped short of announcing any new measures to help the more than 230,000 women serving in the US military, including at large military bases in conservative states such as Texas or Kentucky, which either already have or will soon enact sweeping abortion bans.

Under a 1976 law, military medics can perform abortions only in cases of proven rape or incest, or if the mother's life is in danger.

That means female service members stationed in states that curtail abortion will have to travel out of state and find a civilian clinic that performs the procedure, often taking time off work to do so.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220627-abortion-ban-one-more-obstacle-faced-by-us-servicewomen

[Emily]

https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeau-says-no-govt-should-tell-a-woman-what-she-can-and-cant-do-with-her-body-the-same-day-he-defends-vax-mandates

Trudeau says no gov’t should tell a woman what to do with her body the same day he defends vax mandates

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended Canada's vaccine mandates while calling the overturning of Roe V. Wade "an attack on everyone’s freedoms and rights."
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended Canada's vaccine mandates while calling the overturning of Roe V. Wade "an attack on everyone’s freedoms and rights."

During the interview with the CBC, Trudeau again insisted that Canada's vaccine mandates were a "choice" and that "nobody was ever was going to force anyone into doing something they don't want to do." Canada's federal vaccine mandates made it so that public servants were required to be vaccinated to keep their jobs, and made it so that the unvaccinated could not board a plane or train in Canada.

The prime minister also provided $5 billion in funding to the provinces so that they could put into place vaccine passport systems that barred the unvaccinated from most restaurants, bars, and in many cases, religious institutions. In all, the unvaccinated had to be willing to lose their job, lose their ability to travel, be barred from their local religious institutions, and be subjected to name-calling from Trudeau, who called the unjabbed sexists, racist extremists who don't believe in science...

[Mary Wilson]

Bette Midler says it's 'time to ban Viagra' because it's 'God's will'

June 29, 2022 12:45 PM

by Julia Johnson

Actress Bette Midler spared no time in suggesting a new policy to target male reproduction after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

"Time to ban Viagra," she tweeted Monday. "Because if pregnancy is 'God's will', then so is your ...

... Ahead of the ruling, a leaked draft opinion surfaced, prompting both concern and excitement across the country.

Following the decision, Midler tweeted "They did it.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bette-midler-time-to-ban-viagra-gods-will

[Mary Wilson]

Biden signs executive order aimed at safeguarding abortion rights

Updated 1810 GMT (0210 HKT) July 8, 2022

By Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd, CNN

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion rights in response to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

The President said the order will safeguard access to abortion care and contraceptives, protect patient privacy and establish an interagency task force to use "every federal tool available to protect access to reproductive health care."
It will also increase public education efforts and bolster the security of and the legal options available to those seeking and providing abortion services, according to a fact sheet provided by the White House.
Biden laid out a hypothetical scenario, one that he believes to be more likely after the court's ruling, to explain the stakes.

"A patient comes into an emergency room in any state in the union, she is ... experiencing a life-threatening miscarriage, but the doctor is going to be so concerned about being criminalized for treating her they delay treatment to call the hospital lawyer, who's concerned the hospital will be penalized if the doctor provides the life-saving care," Biden said, speaking from the White House.

"It's outrageous. I don't care what your position is, it's outrageous and it's dangerous," Biden said. He was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.

... Biden said the fastest way to restore abortion rights was for the American people to elect more members of Congress in November's midterm elections who will support federal legislation protecting abortion access.
He said it was his "hope and strong belief that women will in fact turn out in record numbers to reclaim the rights that have been taken from them by the court."
"Let me be clear: While I wish it had not come to this, this is the fastest route available," Biden said.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/08/politics/white-house-executive-order-abortion

[Mary Wilson]

Abortion ban: Dads would have to pay child support at 15 weeks under new amendment

Posted: Mar 2, 2022 / 01:49 PM EST
Updated: Mar 2, 2022 / 01:49 PM EST

by: Sam Sachs, Evan Donovan

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — More than a dozen amendments to Florida‘s proposed 15-week abortion ban were filed Tuesday in its latest visit to a Senate committee.

Among the proposed legislative add-ons were a requirement to start paying child support at 15 weeks. If abortions are banned at 15 weeks of gestation, the amendment proposed in the Florida Senate by Tina Scott Polsky, D-Palm Beach, would require the father of the child to start paying child support as soon as abortions are no longer legal.

The amendment, as written, would include health insurance coverage for the mother and child, as well as for the duration of pregnancy and any related postpartum care needs after the child is born.

In cases where the paternity of an unborn child is contested, the court would have to wait to enforce child support payments until the biological father has been confirmed. Payments would then be required, to include retroactive payments to the date 15 weeks of pregnancy were reached.

Sticking to health insurance, an amendment filed by state senator Janet Cruz, D-Tampa, would make women who may become pregnant eligible for Medicaid coverage. The senator said it could help as many as 700,000 Floridians.

... Additionally, an amendment filed by Lori Berman, D-Boynton Beach, would require the Florida Department of Health to create a fund to pay for expenses related to caring for children born with fetal abnormalities and for an “increase in the number of children entering the foster care system.”

https://fox8.com/news/abortion-ban-d...new-amendment/

[Mary Wilson]

JULY 15, 2022

BY REESE OXNER AND MARÍA MÉNDEZ

The Texas Medical Association is asking state regulators to step in after it says several hospitals afraid of violating the state’s abortion ban have turned away pregnant patients or delayed care leading to complications, The Dallas Morning News reported.

In a letter to the Texas Medical Board — the state agency that regulates the practice of medicine — TMA officials on Wednesday said they have received complaints that hospital administrators and their legal teams are stopping doctors from providing medically appropriate care to patients with some pregnancy complications. They ask the board to “swiftly act to prevent any wrongful intrusion into the practice of medicine.”

TMA is a professional nonprofit that represents over 55,000 medical professionals in the state.

... According to the Morning News, the TMA included in its letter examples of some cases in which treatment was denied or delayed but did not name specific hospitals. In Central Texas, a physician was allegedly instructed to not treat an ectopic pregnancy until a rupture occurred, which puts patient health at serious risk, the letter says.

... The TMA letter also accused two other hospitals of telling doctors to turn away pregnant patients and send them home to “expel the fetus” if their water broke too soon, which can put them at risk of infection.

Not only are patients being put at risk of serious injury, but doctors could face lawsuits or the loss of their medical licenses for not providing adequate care, the TMA letter says. Failing to do so might violate the state’s prohibition on the corporate practice of medicine, which generally prohibits corporations or nonphysicians from practicing medicine.

... Without medical assistance during a miscarriage, especially later in the pregnancy, patients face risks such as deadly hemorrhaging and sepsis. Texas abortion laws make exceptions for the procedure if the mother’s life is in danger, but even that is fraught with uncertainty, doctors say.

Some medical providers say they’re forced to delay or reconsider what treatment options they can prescribe due to the laws, particularly in the cases of those with high-risk pregnancies.

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/15/texas-hospitals-abortion-laws/

[Mary Wilson]

Texas officials celebrated end of abortion rights after cutting back postpartum Medicaid extension

JULY 20, 2022

BY LOMI KRIEL

... The state’s Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee recommended extending postpartum Medicaid to one year in a 2020 report that showed cardiovascular and coronary conditions, along with mental disorders, were the leading causes of deaths related to pregnancy. Nearly a third of 54 deaths determined to be directly tied to pregnancy occurred between six weeks and 12 months after birth, the committee found as part of an analysis of 2013 data, the most recent available.

Medicaid is the most comprehensive federal- and state-funded health coverage offered to pregnant people and new parents. The assistance, which is generally available to people with low incomes or with disabilities, has higher income thresholds for those who are pregnant. Medicaid covers hospital visits, specialist care and X-rays that are not provided by other Texas programs.

Extending the eligibility period is critical, said Dr. Carla Ortique, a gynecologist and vice chair of the review committee, because treatments for many of the primary causes of pregnancy-related deaths, such as postpartum depression and cardiomyopathy, take time to work.

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/20/texas-postpartum-medicaid-abortion/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

[sharon sanders]

bump this

[Emily]

I posted an article from a news source about a woman who regretted providing abortions. It was deleted as not being news. It was a conservative news source, but so is post #18 reporting a Hollywood actress's opinion.

Is news about post-abortion trauma off limits in this thread?

https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/the-melissa-hein-forum-for-psychological-research-and-development/955071-the-trajectory-of-trauma-bodies-and-minds-of-abortion-discourse

[sharon sanders]

Post #18 is about Viagra.

[Emily]

No, it's just another of Midler's bigoted, toxic Twitter rants, this time targeting men who believe in God. Anyone could be just as funny after a couple of martinis garnished with REDACTED.
She's a delightful hood ornament for the pro-choice movement - if they want to alienate broad swathes of people.

[Emily]

This will lower chances of infection with STD's or monkeypox.

https://www.insider.com/gen-z-recons...e-world-2022-6
Swearing off men and avoiding intimacy: Gen Z reconsiders sex in the wake of a post-Roe world
Erin Snodgrass

• The Supreme Court on Friday officially overturned Roe v. Wade, which protected federal abortion rights.
• Members of Gen Z — those born after 1996 — told Insider they're "terrified" of a post-Roe world.
• The reality has some in Gen Z reevaluating their relationship to sex, intimacy, and hookup culture.

Madeline V. might be done with men altogether.

A 24-year-old marketing assistant who identifies as bisexual, Madeline, who asked that Insider use only her first name, has decided that sticking to female partners may be the safest sexual route these days.

It's not a fear of men, exactly, that has inspired this young woman to consider swearing off an entire gender; it's the heightened fear of an unwanted pregnancy — and a subsequent lack of options — that has forced Madeline to proceed with sexual caution in the wake of Friday's Supreme Court decision gutting federal abortion rights protections...

[Mary Wilson]

An official website of the State of Georgia.

Guidance related to House Bill 481, Living Infants and Fairness Equality (LIFE) Act

AUGUST 01, 2022

Georgia Department of Revenue Provides Guidance Related to Georgia House Bill 481.

(This guidance reflects the recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on July 20, 2022.)

In light of the June 24, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the July 20, 2022, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Sistersong v. Kemp, the Department will recognize any unborn child with a detectable human heartbeat, as defined in O.C.G.A. § 1-2-1, as eligible for the Georgia individual income tax dependent exemption. The 11th Circuit’s ruling made HB 481’s amendment to O.C.G.A § 48-7-26(a), adding an unborn child with a detectable heartbeat to the definition of dependent, effective as of the date of the court’s ruling, which was July 20, 2022.

As such, on individual income tax returns filed for Tax Year 2022 where, at any time on or after July 20, 2022, and through December 31, 2022, a taxpayer has an unborn child (or children) with a detectable human heartbeat (which may occur as early as six weeks’ gestation), the taxpayer may claim a dependent personal exemption as provided for under O.C.G.A § 48-7-26(a) and (b)(3) in the amount of $3,000.00 for each unborn child. For Tax Year 2022, the deduction for dependent unborn children will be a subtraction on Line 12, “Other Adjustments,” of Form 500 Schedule 1.

Similar to any other deduction claimed on an income tax return, relevant medical records or other supporting documentation shall be provided to support the dependent deduction claimed if requested by the Department.

Additional information, including return instructions to claim the personal exemption for an unborn child with a detectable heartbeat, will be issued later this year along with other tax changes impacting Tax Year 2022 Georgia individual income tax returns.

Contact DOR's Media Contact

Mason Rainey

Mason.Rainey@dor.ga.gov

https://dor.georgia.gov/press-releas...-equality-life

[alert]

This ruling is only for the State of Georgia. The Federal Income Tax system no longer uses personal exemptions (since the 2017 tax cut) to determine your tax liability and so would not be affected by this specific change. The IRS has not yet released guidance about how any of these issues might affect any Child Tax Credits, and given the political environment surrounding this ruling, may not.

For any personal tax questions, consult your accountant or the relevant taxing jurisdiction directly.

[Mary Wilson]

Idaho - U of I warns employees to stay neutral on abortion or risk prosecution

Published September 26, 2022 at 1:54 PM MDT

By Rachel Cohen

The University of Idaho is warning its employees that promoting abortion, or providing contraception in some cases, could result in imprisonment, fines and a permanent bar from state employment.

In an email sent Friday and obtained by Boise State Public Radio, the university’s office of general counsel said it was summarizing Idaho state laws in an effort to “assist university employees in complying with the restrictions,” noting it was unclear how the laws would be enforced in a “new and evolving legal landscape”.

"The University of Idaho follows all laws. This is a challenging law for many and has real ramifications for individuals in that it calls for individual criminal prosecution," a university spokesperson wrote in an emailed statement Monday.

... "And the University of Idaho's new policy is just the latest example of example of extremists and draconian laws threatening to strip us of all control over their reproductive health care."

University employees are allowed to direct students to information related to abortion outside the university, but must stay neutral on the topic, the email said.

https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/news/2022-09-26/u-of-i-warns-employees-to-stay-neutral-on-abortion-or-risk-prosecution

[Emily]

To clarify - the quote calling pro-lifers 'extremists' was NOT made by U of Idaho attorneys. That statement was made by a Planned Parenthood representative.

[Emily]

https://lozierinstitute.org/induced-abortion-with-misoprostol-alone/

Induced Abortion with Misoprostol Alone

Ingrid Skop, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. | September 23, 2022
This is Issue 9 in CLI’s On Science Series. To view this report as a PDF, see: Induced Abortion with Misoprostol Alone

As abortion limits have been implemented in many states in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, some perplexing recommendations have been advanced by abortion advocates and their media allies. Due to the Food and Drug Administration’s negligent removal of mifepristone’s Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) in-person prescribing safeguards, permitting on-line ordering and mail-order distribution, chemical abortions utilizing mifepristone and misoprostol have been widely promoted in states where abortion is restricted. Chemical abortion is not as safe as the abortion industry claims, with meta-analyses and international records linkage studies demonstrating failures requiring surgery in 3.4 to 9.9 percent of women who attempt chemical abortion in the first trimester,[1] rising to 39% if inadvertently used in the second trimester.[2] When failures occur, women often present emergently to hospitals for urgent treatment of retained pregnancy tissue, hemorrhage and infection.

Nonetheless, some media sources now recommend simplifying the abortion pill regimen to only one of its components – misoprostol – because it may be more readily obtained. The influential Atlantic magazine recently promoted this “one drug regimen” as a viable alternative to the standard combination regimen. Yet, evidence from around the globe demonstrates that misoprostol alone is a poor abortifacient and very likely to cause injury to women. These recommendations by abortion advocates in the media demonstrate conclusively that their goal is not the safety and well-being of women, but merely the death of as many unborn humans as possible through expansion of abortion by any means.

The World Health Organization (WHO), motivated by population control ideology, has long been a promoter of chemical abortions in countries where unsafe abortions often occur through nonsterile uterine instrumentation and other dangerous methods. The WHO also promotes misoprostol alone, despite its much lower record of safety, under the assumption that women will always seek abortion when facing unintended pregnancy and should be directed toward “safer” methods.[3]

A 2007 study used mathematical modeling, predicting that many lives would be saved with misoprostol use,[4] but in fact the WHO continues to document real-world data that shows increasing numbers of women injured and dying from abortion, even though they have been heavily promoting these chemical abortion methods for years. [5]...

[Emily]

How TX and NM are currently ranked in healthcare.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/02/politics/new-mexico-abortion-clinic-texas-border/index.html

New Mexico governor directs $10 million for new abortion clinic near Texas border
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

Updated 5:05 PM EDT, Fri September 2, 2022

New Mexico plans to build a new abortion clinic near the Texas border, anticipating that more abortion seekers from surrounding states where the procedure is banned will travel there for care.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, signed an executive order on Wednesday directing that $10 million from her executive capital allocation for the 2023 legislative session be purposed for a new clinic in Doña Ana County, which borders Texas’ westernmost point.
...

Abortion providers in recent months have closed up their clinics in other states and moved to New Mexico.

Jackson Women’s Health Organization, known as the “Pink House,” closed its clinic in Mississippi and moved to a new clinic in Las Cruces, also in Doña Ana County. Whole Woman’s Health, the largest independent abortion provider in Texas, also closed its four clinics in Texas in July and sought a clinic site at a New Mexico border city.